'40's/'50's consoles

[radiotvnut]

Originally Posted by DavGoodlin

Here is the Stromberg-Carlson 1210PL.
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In this photo, it was just pulled from a barn, the mice loved it but left the speaker unscathed. I cleaned it out. The phono is not original.

It has both FM bands, old and new as it is from 1947.

I think I have the table model of that set.

Years ago, a man a couple streets over from me had one of these. I think it was one that was handed down through his wife's family. Unfortunately, he "antiqued" the cabinet in some awful color. It's also unfortunate that he plugged it in at some point and let the smoke out. At some point, someone had replaced the original changer with a mid '60's Garrard AT6. I tried to talk him out of it; but, since it belonged to family, he would not let it go. Then, everybody died and who knows where it wound up.

[marty59]

I don't really come across these that are in decient shape or nice enough to keep. However I do have a '48 Admiral that I've had for years that plays well including the 78RPM Player. I don't play records on it much since I weighed the tonearm and discovered the thing tracks like at 32+ grams!!

I think from a historical viewpoint, at least having one will do since these existed prior to Hi-Fi being introduced and it's neat to show and display.